Interactive Computer-adaptive Chronic Kidney Disease Education Program

Description

The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to evaluate a culturally tailored computerized education program in hospitalized African-American patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). The main question it aims to answer are: does computerized adaptive education (CAE) increase patients' knowledge about CKD self-care and renal replacement therapy (RRT) options compared to usual care (UC) and will CAE will be increase patients' intent to participate in CKD self-care and RRT preparation compared to UC

Conditions

Chronic Kidney Diseases, Hypertension

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to evaluate a culturally tailored computerized education program in hospitalized African-American patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). The main question it aims to answer are: does computerized adaptive education (CAE) increase patients' knowledge about CKD self-care and renal replacement therapy (RRT) options compared to usual care (UC) and will CAE will be increase patients' intent to participate in CKD self-care and RRT preparation compared to UC

A Pilot to Develop and Test an Interactive Computer-adaptive Chronic Kidney Disease Education Program for Hospitalized African American Patients (I-C-CKD)

Interactive Computer-adaptive Chronic Kidney Disease Education Program

Condition
Chronic Kidney Diseases
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago

University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * African-American inpatients
  • * Ages 18-70
  • * estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)\<45
  • * Enrolled in the Hospitalist Project
  • * Does not self-identify as African American
  • * Not able to consent
  • * Unable to speak English
  • * eGFR \<45 due to acute kidney injury
  • * In Intensive Care Unit
  • * has had a transplant
  • * currently on dialysis

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Chicago,

Milda Saunders, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Associate Professor of Medicine

Study Record Dates

2025-04